Banana Fish

Aslan Jade Callenreese—better known as Ash Lynx—grew up on the streets of New York before being taken in and molded by mafia boss Dino Golzine. At 17, Ash leads his own gang, but his hard-won independence is threatened when he starts digging into “Banana Fish,” the cryptic phrase his older brother Griffin has repeated ever since returning from the Iraq War. Dino moves quickly to shut Ash down, sending his men to the underground bar Ash uses as a hideout.

There, Ash meets Japanese photographer Shunichi Ibe and his assistant, Eiji Okumura, who are in the city to document American street gangs. A warning call from ally Shorter Wong comes too late: Dino’s men raid the bar and abduct Skip and Eiji in the confusion. With time running out, Ash is forced to fight his way through the world that raised him—rescuing his friends while pushing deeper into the mystery of Banana Fish.